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Sulphide

noun
1.
A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive.  Synonym: sulfide.



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"Sulphide" Quotes from Famous Books



... probable that many different species of bacteria cause this form of rotten eggs. The prominent feature is the formation of hydrogen sulphide gas, which blackens the contents of the egg, gives the characteristic rotten egg smell and sometimes causes the ...
— The Dollar Hen • Milo M. Hastings

... of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. Fformed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris. A substance resembling hepar; in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... conclusion that water is the hydroxide of this gasiform metal, that is hydrogen hydroxide, while gaseous hydrochloric and hydrosulphuric acids would be looked upon as respectively the chloride and the sulphide of the metal hydrogen. This would then lead to curious conclusions concerning the hydroxyl group. This group would, by this theory, become an oxygenated metal radical similar to the hypothetical bismuthyl and uranyl, and yet one in which the metallic character has disappeared as completely ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 822 - Volume XXXII, Number 822. Issue Date October 3, 1891 • Various



Words linked to "Sulphide" :   iron disulfide, hydrogen sulfide, pyrites, s, cadmium sulfide, zinc sulfide, sulfur, zinc sulphide, chemical compound, compound, sulfide, atomic number 16, sulphur, cadmium sulphide



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